Been a Heavy Life
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criminal justice
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evaluate
fear
identity
interview
investigation
life story
men
meta-narrative
murder
narrative
negotiate
offender
psychology
rape
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social scientist
sociology
violent
Product details
- ISBN 9780252075582
- Weight: 286g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 22 Aug 2008
- Publisher: University of Illinois Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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In this groundbreaking work, Lois Presser investigates the life stories of men who have perpetrated violence. She applies insights from across the academy to in-depth interviews with men who shared their accounts of how they became the people we most fear--those who rape, murder, assault, and rob, often repeatedly. Been a Heavy Life provides the discipline of criminology with two crucial frameworks: one for critically evaluating the construction of offenders’ own stories, and one for grasping the cultural meta-narratives that legitimize violence. For social scientists generally, this book offers a vivid demonstration of just how dynamic and contingent self-narratives are.
Lois Presser is an associate professor of sociology at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
